No fatalities in Ukrainian army on July 11, one serviceman wounded as Russian mercenaries mounted 17 attacks in Donbas

Combined Russian-separatist forces employed no weapons banned by the Minsk accords against the Ukrainian troops over the past 24 hours, although they violated the truce almost along the entire length of the contact line in the Joint forces operation (JFO) zone using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms.

As reported by Censor.NET citing the latest update by the JFO headquarters press center as of July 11, 2018, Ukrainian troops came under 17 attacks over the past day.

The enemy carried out another provocation near Stanytsia Luhanska town, Luhansk direction, within the area of disengagement of forces and hardware by firing several bursts with a large-caliber machine gun upon a stronghold of the Ukrainian troops. By doing so, the militants have once again thwarted piece efforts made by the Trilateral Contact Group. Besides, the defenders of Krymske came under grenade-launcher bombardment.

The invaders reportedly significantly intensified hostilities at Svitlodarsk section of the forefront: the strongholds of the JFO units on the outskirts of Novoluhanske, Svitlodarsk and Luhanske were fired upon with grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms seven times.

According to the JFO center, the number of enemy attack in Donetsk and Mariupol directions somewhat decreased compared with the previous days. The Russian occupation forces committed several isolated attacks on the defenders of Krasnohorivka, Mariinka, Avdiivka, Talakivka and Shyrokyne using grenade launchers, heavy machine guns and small arms which resulted in a wounded Ukrainian soldier. Intelligence sources confirmed two invaders injured in action yesterday.

"Today, July 12, the Russian occupying forces breached truce at Donetsk and Mariupol sections of the frontline five times: defenders of Marinka, Berezove, Troitske and Vodiane were fired upon with large-caliber machine guns and small arms," the situation report reads.

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